Emilia Clarke: Game Of Thrones Is Not ‘Anti-Feminist’

Emilia Clarke, known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones was recently interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and revealed that she finds it painful that some people take things out of context and give the show an ‘anti-feminist spin’:

“There’s so much controversy. Yet that’s what’s beautiful about Game of Thrones – it’s depiction of women in so many different stages of development. There are women depicted as sexual tools, women who have zero rights, women who are queens but only to a man, and then there are women who are literally unstoppable and as powerful as you can possibly imagine. So it pains me to hear people taking Thrones out of context with anti-feminist spin – because you can’t do that about this show. It shows the range that happens to women, and ultimately shows women are not only equal, but have a lot of strength.”

The 29 year old English actress also spoke about being misquoted in the media, referring to an article in the UK tabloid Daily Mail, which claimed she said she ‘can’t stand sex scenes’. The article resulted in Clarke getting widespread criticism from fans which forced her to clarify her stance on Instagram:

“It’s difficult to be misquoted and it’s nice to have something like Instagram to say the truth. How many times has [Daario actor Michiel Huisman] been asked about the fact he’s taken his clothes off a bunch? Is that even a discussion? No.”